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their ignorance. ^' For," fays he, 277. toto, 

 " furfeits arife from various caufes: but are 

 ** commonly the eiFefts oi Jome difeafes not 

 *^ attended to, or that have been ill cured." 

 Whether this can be called an elucidation, or 

 is entitled to the compliment of *' 7nultum in 

 *' pa7^V0y' I leave to the difcerning reader, 

 anxious for inilrucflion ; and gladly fubmit to 

 his itnpartial decifion alone, whether we are 

 not likely to derive greater gratification to our 

 inquiries from a more minute inveftigation. 



As the above mentioned writer has been 

 indulging] y concife, another has been moil 

 tedioujly prolix y who, after taking a trip through 

 almoft every known difeafe, feeling for the 

 caufe, plainly tells you, *' it may originate in 

 " ALL or ANY ; but it mofl commonly pro- 

 *' ceeds from a horfe's conllantly feeding till 

 ** he can feed no longer." We thank him 

 heartily for fuch very useful i72formatio72 -, 

 and proceed to our own part of the talk, but 

 not without the neceflary compliment of mak- 

 ing one obfervation upon bis — That it is very 

 natural to fuppofe a horfe conftantly fupplied 

 with food, even to fatiety, muft be Jht, (at 

 leaft in tolerable condition,) whereas on 'the 



I 4 contrarv. 



